Re: How do you order?
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- Subject: Re: How do you order?
- From: "* M* C* o* B* S* <s*@aristotle.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 10:19:25 -0700 (MST)
>What I'm curious about is: when you send away for an iris you haven't
>grown before, do you order just one rhizome or bulb or do you order in
>multiples?
Marte, I am hobbled by an impecunious upbringing. The thought of indulging
in more than one of any unfamilar plant horrifies me, even when I know
having a few extras may be prudent backup and will make a fine show
quickly. I think my mother must have been scared by an old witch in the
woods who told her "one is all you should need!"
TBs increase so quickly for me all I ever want is a start. If I hatch some
grand plan requiring multiples of other plants, I order seeds. When they
don't sprout, I forget the grand plan.
But I am incapable of design. I'm the person helpful Fixits are always
loaning books to, books about Gertrude Jekyll. My garden "design" looks
like a pile of stinky puppies.
So, to answer your question, I buy one rhizome at a time. But I'm a
creative incompetent.
celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
